AIM: How did early humans survive?

DO NOW: How do we know people lived thousands of years ago??

TRACING THE MIGRATION (MOVEMENT) OF EARLY HUMANS

ACCORDING TO THE MAP, WHERE DID EARLY HUMANS ORIGIN?

AFRICA

LOUIS & MARY LEAKEY (1903-1972) - Kenyan archaeologists who began looking for early human remains in East Africa. They found many tools, bones & other artifacts.

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DONALD JOHANSON - (1974) archaeologist who found “Lucy”, a part of an early human skeleton in Ethiopia

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STANDARDS FOR BEING HUMAN:

1. 90cc skull size

2. Upright vertebrate

3. Thumb for tool making

WHAT ARE THESE IMAGES & WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT EARLY HUMANS?

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Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) 2 million B.C. - 10,000 B.C.

1. Hunting & gathering societies

2. Nomads- people who travel from place to place in constant search of food and water

3. People traveled in small groups

4. Simple tools/weapons made of stone, bone & wood

5. Use of clothes & fire

6. Cave paintings found of animals

7. Animism- religion which involves worshipping spirits in nature

Assignment

Using the notes, create a drawing of a typical day of life in the Paleolithic Age.